US 2017/0320210 A1Published application

Systems, devices, articles, and methods for using trained robots

AssigneeKindred Systems Inc.

InventorsWeiguang Ding, Jan Stanislaw Rudy, Olivia S. Norton, George Samuel Rose, James Sterling Bergstra, Oswin Rodrigues

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Abstract

Robotic systems, methods of operation of robotic systems, and storage media including processor-executable instructions are disclosed herein. The system may include a robot, at least one processor in communication with the robot, and an operator interface in communication with the robot and the at least one processor. The method may include executing a first set of autonomous robot control instructions which causes a robot to autonomously perform the at least one task in an autonomous mode, and generating a second set of autonomous robot control instructions from the first set of autonomous robot control instructions and a first set of environmental sensor data received from a senor. The second set of autonomous robot control instructions when executed causes the robot to autonomously perform the at least one task. The method may include producing at least one signal that represents the second set of autonomous robot control instructions.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A method of operation in a robotic system including a robot, at least one processor in communication with the robot, and an operator interface in communication with the robot and the at least one processor, the method comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, a first set of autonomous robot control instructions which when executed causes the robot to autonomously perform at least one task;
receiving, at the at least one processor from at least one sensor, a first set of environmental sensor data that represents an environment of the robot;
executing, by the at least one processor, the first set of autonomous robot control instructions which causes the robot to autonomously perform the at least one task in an autonomous mode;
generating, by the at least one processor, a second set of autonomous robot control instructions from the first set of autonomous robot control instructions and the first set of environmental sensor data, wherein the second set of autonomous robot control instructions when executed causes the robot to autonomously perform the at least one task;
and
producing, by the at least one processor, at least one signal that represents the second set of autonomous robot control instructions.

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A system comprising:

at least one processor;
a robot;
an operator interface communicatively coupled to the robot and the at least one processor;
at least one sensor communicatively coupled to the at least one processor;
and
at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage device communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and which stores processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a first set of autonomous robot control instructions which when executed causes the robot to autonomously perform at least one task;
receive from at least one sensor, a first set of environmental sensor data that represents an environment of the robot;
execute the first set of autonomous robot control instructions which causes the robot to autonomously perform the at least one task in an autonomous mode;
generate a second set of autonomous robot control instructions from the first set of autonomous robot control instructions and the environmental sensor data, wherein the second set of autonomous robot control instructions when executed causes the robot to autonomously perform the at least one task;
and
produce at least one signal that represents the second set of autonomous robot control instructions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/589,673Filed 8 May 2017
Priority: 6 May 2016
Published: 9 Nov 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

B25J 9/1664
Characterised by programming, planning systems for manipulators: characterised by motion, path, trajectory planning
B25J 9/161
Characterised by the control system, structure, architecture: hardware, e.g. neural networks, fuzzy logic, interfaces, processor
B25J 9/163
Characterised by the control loop: learning, adaptive, model based, rule based expert control
B25J 9/1656
Program controls: characterised by programming, planning systems for manipulators

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Application62/332,858Us provisional application · filed 6 May 2016
Application62/340,907Us provisional application · filed 24 May 2016
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